His stunning late leveller stretches Andre Villas-Boas' side's unbeaten League run to eight matches and keeps Spurs fourth.

Bale's lightning run and blistering finish was reminiscent of former Manchester United star Ronaldo.

Since Ronaldo quit for Spain, Bale has succeeded him as the top-flight's most exciting talent.

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admits he is a huge admirer of Ronaldo and shares a similar free-kick technique.

Bale said: "The way he plays I think he is the best all-round player in the world. People have said things in the past and the stuff he does is similar in a way to what I do.

"He is right up there and a benchmark for every player who wants to be as good as him.

"The free-kick technique works for him and he scores a lot of goals and big goals. He is obviously doing something right and it's good to look at other players, how they do things and take my game to another level.

Bale added: "If we are struggling then some people have to stand up. It's not always me, the team always pulls through most times. We all work together.

"But it was great to get the goal, get us back on track and we were very unlucky not to win in the end.

"The important thing was it got us back into the game near the end and we were unlucky not to get three points.

"In the first half we were nowhere near good enough and the manager told us at half-time we weren't good enough. We came out in the second half and we played some great stuff and turned up a few gears, showed what we're capable of and we were unlucky not to win. We had to turn it up a few notches."

Bale is now anxious Villas-Boas' side continue their unbeaten league form when they travel to West Brom on Sunday.

"You have your blips in the season but the main thing is we're not losing these games. We've got West Brom at the weekend and we're going to have to step up a level now.

"In a way, I think these two games in a week might help us, rather than having long weeks and not getting that rhythm of games.

"Time will tell, but we're all confident we'll be able to push on from here."